120919 Marc Joliet wrote: > 120918 Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote: >> With Python running as interpreter, I would get much more capability, >> but I would need to enter the special line to load the math functions : >> is it possible to do it with some capitalised variable in .bashrc , >> which might list parameters telling Python3 what to load when it starts ? >> one of the 'man' files seems to refer to something like that, but briefly. > 3.) Put the "import" line in its own file and put it in the variable > PYTHONSTARTUP, e.g. "export PYTHONSTARTUP=/path/to/my/script.py". > Python executes it's contents before presenting the prompt, > so you can put whatever imports you want in that script.
Thanks, that's what I saw in my brief glance at the 'man'. It works out of the box: the only problem is precision, which at 16 decimal places is a bit more than I usually need (smile). I can search out how to limit it to something more useful to me, but might you have a quick answer ? Thanks for the above. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
